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1、2019-2020年高考英语一轮复习精选提分专练第二周星期六文化习俗类(I)单词识记:adventureancient awkward cautioncivilized concern custom particularremind remove silent traditiontypical fascinate cooperation anniversaryrestrict religion casual expand短语扫描:add to增添as a whole总体来说be of great value很有价值e into being形成;产生;出现end up with 以告终in me
2、mory of为了纪念pass down from generation to generation一代一代传下来date back to/date from 追溯到follow a custom 遵循习俗crowd into涌入 跟踪训练.语境填词1.Keep your office space looking good, (particular) your desk.2. (typical),she couldnt find her keys.3.Madagascar is the most (fascinate) place I have ever been to.4.People in
3、 these countries demand equal treatment for all,regardless of race, (religious) or sex.5.Then I turned to my teacher and he advised me to (cooperation) with others.单项填空6.It is possible that one day we will disability,so we shouldnt look down upon the disabled.A.end up with B.put up withCe up with D.
4、catch up with7.The traditional friendship between our two peoples ancient times.A.is dated back to B.dates atC.dates back to D.is dated from8. not to miss the flight at 15:20,the manager set out for the airport in a hurry.A.Reminding B.RemindedC.To remind D.Having reminded9.At the ancient Olympics,a
5、ll men, had to pete wearing no clothes;while single women took part in their own separate petition,a festival Hera,the wife of Zeus.A.in tradition;in favor ofB.by principle;in celebration ofC.by tradition;in honor ofD.in order;in memory of10.That is the very coin I need to my collection.A.add up B.a
6、dd inC.add on D.add to.阅读理解I was doing a big cleanup in the early part of last year and my kids were helping.As he went through boxes and bags,one of my sons came across a knotted handkerchief with an old dark brown coin nestled inside.“Mum,can I have this?Can I play with this in my cash register?”
7、he asked.I took one look and was immediately transported to another time.“You can play with all your coins,but not this one,” I said slowly.“This ones special.I will never again see the woman who gave this to me.” I fingered the coin gently.“This coin is worth much more than its monetary(货币的) value.
8、”My son looked at me strangely and I explained.In 1991,I had spent five months in an African country,Niger,damaged badly by sandstorms and blistering heat.There were many things I found difficult about this placethe climate and beggars were my biggest and most constant plaints.Homeless street childr
9、en would continually thrust their hands into your face,shouting “Cadeau!Cadeau!(gift)” in French,the former colonial tongue.After Id finished my nursing stint there,a friend and I headed for a neighbouring country,Burkina Faso,to work in a health clinic.“Its much greener in Burkina.Even the Coke tas
10、tes better,” the locals assured us.Arriving by taxi at our destination in Burkina,we began to unload.I had a large backpack and a smaller daypack.With my daypack wedged between my legs,I reached for my larger piece of luggage.Out of the darkness,a motorbike with two men approached slowly.Without war
11、ning,one of the men grabbed my daypack as the motorbike swept close by.Within seconds,the two were out of sight,swallowed up by the night.The bag had my passport,money,travellers cheques,camera,an airline ticket and other things precious to me.I was in deep trouble.And the nearest Australian consula
12、te(领事馆) was in Ethiopia.In the weeks that followed,I guarded the rest of my valuables and regarded all locals with suspicion(怀疑).I put up with questions by the authorities with great frustration.All I wanted was to leave this hellhole.Then,walking through Burkinas streets one day,I was accosted(搭讪)
13、by an old woman who thrust her hand in my face.“Cadeau!Cadeau!” she cried.Id had enough.I was sick and tired of the country:its poverty and corruption,its thieves,its inefficiency,the heat,the dust and its timewasting officials.I told her firmly in French,“I have no cadeau.I have no money.A thief st
14、ole all my money two weeks ago and now I cant get out of your country.I cannot give you anything.”The beggar woman listened attentively and thought carefully about my words.Then her face crumpled into a toothless smile as she reached into the folds of her dress.“Then I will give you a cadeau,” she a
15、nnounced.Kindly,she placed an old,dark brown coin in my palm.I looked at it in shock.It was an extremely small amount of moneybut for this woman,the coin represented a meal.In that moment,I felt the shame of affluence(富裕) and the humility of charity.She had given me a gift disproportionate(不成比例的) to anything that I had ever donated.In the midst of her poverty,she was able to give me something priceless.I saw then the unexpected beauty of the people of Burkina Fasoand appreciated greatly the quiet dignity of the poor.Humbled by the old